changoneta
Spanish
Etymology
From chango.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanɡoˈneta/ [t͡ʃãŋ.ɡoˈne.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: chan‧go‧ne‧ta
Noun
changoneta f (plural changonetas) (colloquial)
- (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) prank
- Synonym: broma
- (El Salvador) a poorly done thing
- Synonym: chambonada
Further reading
- “changoneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “changoneta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010